:
: : FROG - "a Frenchman, was common in England by 1870 but became well known in
the U.S. only during World War I. It is probably from the French relishing frogs
as a delicacy, reinforced by the toads on the coat of arms of the city of Paris."
From "I Hear America Talking" by Stuart Berg Flexner (Von Nostrand Reinhold Co.,
New York, 1976).

: : The French are called "frogs", at least by us in England,
because we're too well-mannered to say what we *really* think.

: Fr as in Fr-ench
:
Fr-ogs as in an ugly and repulsive creature.

: Plus the French have a history
of eating frogs - so frog-eaters, froggies, frogs.